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Amplified Publishing Showcase

The Amplified Publishing Showcase brings together publishers and creators across multiple sectors from games, music, books, magazines, video, and audio. The showcase is the culmination of a year of research and prototyping by the research fellows and prototyping teams selected and funded by the Amplified Publishing Pathfinder. This programme is part of the Bristol + Bath Creative R+D, a four and a half year, £6.8m AHRC-funded creative industries cluster project (2018-2023).

This one-day hybrid event offers an opportunity to come in person to The Studio in Bath to explore the 'experience room', meet the prototype teams, and interact with their projects or watch the panel discussions online. The prototypes include a digital twin of a music venue, a new way of aggregating social media content and immersive digital experiences.

In addition, there will be live discussions with the research fellows and industry partners. The discussions explore themes ranging from new ways to generate income and value, ethical and inclusive practices, as well as the creative challenges of building communities.

The day's discussions in Bath is followed by an evening event at Bristol arts & live music venue Lost Horizon. Their prototype technology will capture the physical performance and the digital twin experience will be streamed live, for the first time. The virtual audience will be able to interact with one another within the digital twin.

All ticket holders will receive an interactive zine programme created by research fellow Grace Kress, from Shelby X Studios.

Event Details

Date: 29th April 2022
Experience room and panel discussions: 10:30 - 16:00 at The Studio in Bath (what 3 words, Listed Shapes Herbs)
Live music and networking: 17:00 - 19:00 at Lost Horizon, Bristol (what 3 words, Random Parts Rang)
Booking Details: Pre booking for all events on the day is required, tickets are free via Ticket source
Locations: The Studio In Bath, 10 Palace Yard Mews, Bath, BA1 2NH & Lost Horizon, 1-3 Elton St, Bristol, BS2 9EH Online: The Studio YouTube Channel

Ways of Creating - How can new technologies help us reach new audiences?

While new technologies enable creativity, from hybrid venues to ethical avatars, new tech brings with it multiple issues around ethics and inclusion
Discussion Panel 1: 11:10 - 11:55 - The Studio in Bath and Online
Booking Details: Pre booking is required, tickets are free via Ticket Source

Panel Members:

  • Robin Collings – Founder, Commercial Director Lost Horizon/ Amplified Publishing Prototype Fellow Research includes: transforming live festival experience via a virtual digital twin of Lost Horizon.
  • Mel McCree – Academic Fellow, Bath Spa University. Research includes: Effect of tech on future audiences, specifically children.
  • Jasmine Richards – Amplified Publishing Research Fellow. Research includes: creating content that is reflective of all audiences.
  • Agnieszka Przybyszewska - Academic Fellow, Bath Spa University. Research includes: exploring VR and storytelling, future tech.
  • Chaired by: Tom Abba, Academic Fellow - a specialist in the convergence of narrative, books and future platforms for storytelling and design.


Creating Value - How can we generate income and value through publishing and content creation?
Exploring business models and new routes to income
Discussion Panel 2: Time - 12:30 - 13:15 - The Studio and Online
Booking Details: Pre booking is required, tickets are free via Ticket Source

Panel Members:

  • Lily Green - Amplified Publishing Research Fellow. Research includes: integrating print, audio and accessibility.
  • Grace Kress - Amplified Publishing Research Fellow. Research includes: how to monetise community-focused content.
  • James Binns - Executive Chairman, Network N/ Amplified Publishing Prototype Fellow. Research includes:
    the creation of Follower TV and a viable finance model for the new prototype.
  • Louise Brailey - Editor Crack Magazine/ Amplified Publishing Industry Partner. Research includes: transferring print to online and how to establish streams of income through both.
  • Chaired by: Gill Wildman - Director of Upstarter - a specialist in bringing design methods and approaches into creative and social microbusinesses.



Building Communities - What are the creative challenges of building communities for publishing?

Future possibilities for chat forums, accessibility, comments sections and communities online and off
Discussion Panel 3: Time - 14:45 - 15:30 - The Studio and Online
Booking Details: Pre booking is required, tickets are free via Ticket Source

Panel Members:

  • James Wheale - Co Founder Stormjar/ Amplified Publishing Prototype Fellow. Research includes: exploring what makes a ‘good’ community and how to create this community through accessibility and inclusion.
  • Sammy Jones - Amplified Publishing Research Fellow. Research includes: examination of comments sections on websites.
  • Jack Gibbon – Founder of Bricks Bristol/Industry Partner on Amplified Publishing. Research includes: social enterprise and supporting local and creative communities.
  • Vinay Namboodiri – Academic Fellow, Bath Spa University. Research includes: enabling communication for hearing impaired and speech impaired users.
  • Linus Harrison – Amplified Publishing Research Fellow. Research includes: exploring the possibilities in publishing with neurodivergent sensory experience at the forefront.
  • Chaired by: Amy Spencer - Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries. Research includes: digital writing, ambient literature, collaborative authorship and do-it-yourself cultural production.

In-Person Experiences:



Experience room: Time - 10:30 - 16:00 - The Studio in Bath
Booking Details: Pre booking is required, tickets are free via Ticket Source
Upstairs in The Studio you can meet the Amplified Publishing Research Fellows, discuss their subject areas and try out the prototypes created throughout the pathfinder.


Lost Horizon: Time - 17:00 - 19:00 1-3 Elton Street, Bristol BS2 9EH
Booking Details: Pre booking is required, tickets are free via Ticket Source
In the evening, visit the arts and live music venue Lost Horizon to experience a live music event with its digital twin performing in parallel. A return shuttle bus from Bath to Bristol is available, click the book bus place when booking your ticket.


ACCESS INFORMATION

Joining us in person in Bath

An Accessibility Champion will be stationed at the Welcome Desk throughout the day and will be able to assist attendees with accessibility issues. Anyone attending is welcome to bring their own enabler should they need to. Anyone accompanying you must also have a ticket. Tickets are free to everyone.

The Studio is on a small side street called Palace Yard Mews. If you’re on Monmouth Road, the street can be found between the Scallop Shell restaurant and Holy Trinity Church. If you’re on Charlotte Street, Palace Yard Mews is opposite the entrance to Charlotte Street Car Park. You can see a picture of the front of the building here. Members of our friendly team will be there to greet you, show you where to go and answer any questions.

This event takes place over two floors at The Studio. Unfortunately, there are no lifts in the building. Ways of Creating, Creating Value and Building Communities will all take place downstairs, and all refreshments will be available on the ground floor. The accessible toilet is on the ground floor. The male toilets are on the first floor and the female toilet is on the second floor. The Prototype Experience space is on the first floor. We are exploring ways of bringing experiences of the prototypes into the ground floor spaces for those unable to get to the first floor. All discussion events will be accompanied by BSL interpretation and online live scribing. All spaces are breastfeeding and assistance dog friendly. Our team will be on hand to offer support for anybody with a need.

The space will be run at a reduced capacity and, where possible, windows will be open to ensure good air circulation. We would encourage everyone to wear a face-covering whilst in the building. We also ask everyone to be mindful that some people are unable to wear a face covering, and the reasons for that might not be immediately apparent.

Bath Spa train station and Bath bus station are both a 15 minute (0.6 mile) flat walk away. Charlotte Street pay and display car park is a 2 minute (0.1 miles) walk away and has 24 blue badge parking spaces. Payment is made with MiPermit – on the machine, phone or card.

Joining us in person in Bath – Accessible Experience Area

Our Access Area is on the ground floor and offers bespoke one-to-one experiences of the prototypes to anyone unable to visit the first floor or who is in need of extra support. Please book a slot in advance and let us know of the specific support that you will need, so that we can make sure that your experience is as rich and enjoyable as possible. Anyone booking for the Access Area is welcome to bring their own enabler should they need to. Anyone accompanying you must also have a ticket. Tickets are free to everyone.

Time slots:

11:15 – 11:50

12:35 – 13:10

14:50 – 15:35

2 tickets maximum – but can only be booked by one person – visitor + enabler. Not 2 visitors.

Join us in person in Bristol

Lost Horizon Arts Centre and Bar is 1-3 Elton Street, towards the Clement Street end of Elton Street. The entrance is between Wogan's Coffee and High RiseYou can see a picture of the building here. There will be flashing lights and laser lights operating as well as loud music during the evening event.

Bristol Temple Meads train station is a 20 minute (1.0 mile) walk away. Cabot Circus pay and display car park (Dale Street, Bristol BS1 3BX) is a 5 minute (0.2 mile) walk away. There are 75 designed blue badge parking spaces.

The event shuttle bus from The Studio to the Lost Horizon venue is wheelchair friendly.

Joining us online

All three panel discussions will be live streamed on YouTube with closed captions and BSL interpretation. You will be able to engage with the discussion through the chat function on YouTube and by using the hashtag #APShowcase22 on Twitter. There will also be an interactive programme available with all the published research from the Amplified Publishing pathfinder cohort to read and explore. A film of the experience room and the live discussions will be made available on YouTube, after the event.